Lesson 55 of 84 · Plants and Animals
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleComparing Animal Babies (Part 2)
Plants and Animals.
🎯 Your mission
Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.
⚡ The twist
Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.
Mind = Blown
🌳 Trees can talk to each other through underground fungus networks.
Make a hypothesis first
Predict: what will happen to the plant if you change the water?
What You'll Learn
Some animals carry their babies in pouches. Kangaroos and koalas are marsupials!
Key Words
- mammal
- reptile
Steps
Talk about what you already know about Plants and Animals.
Plant two seeds: put one in sunlight and one in a dark closet. Water both the same amount each day.
Compare what happened to what you predicted.
Tell the class one thing you learned today.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What animal group has feathers?
Where you see this in real life
Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.
For the dinner table
“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”
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